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December 31, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mail delivery
December 31, 2025
Where Do Mules Deliver the Mail?

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December 30, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
December 30, 2025
How Has the U.S. National Debt Changed in 2025?

Looking at 2025, we would see consequential changes in the national debt (aka sovereign debt) that range from ratings to stablecoin reserves.

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November 9, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
November 9, 2025
What Shutdown History Teaches Us

Looking back at approximately 50 years of shutdown history, we see a slew of issues, and people, and clashes.

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October 1, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
October 1, 2025
What We Need to Know About a Shutdown

Describing a shutdown with what, why, and when only begins to convey the complexities that affect millions of people in countless ways.

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June 8, 2025
printing currency
June 8, 2025
How to Design Money

Through the currency images the United Kingdom and Mexico selected, they wound up with very different kinds of monarchs.

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June 4, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and African debt
June 4, 2025
What Should We Know About African Debt?

Rarely in the headlines, African debt is a worry because of its its cost and China's role as a major lender.

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January 13, 2025
federal spending
January 13, 2025
How Disasters Move Money

Disaster spending can take us back to 1930s mortgages and how different U.S. regions have always helped each other.

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February 16, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the economy and democracy
February 16, 2024
Why the Economy and Democracy Still Need Each Other

From the Economist's EIU group and Pew Research, we can gain insight about the connection between the economy and democracy.

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December 6, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and weather economics
December 6, 2023
The Economic Side of Predicting the Weather

Way beyond predicting the rain and temparature, the National Weather Service, engages in far reaching weather economics.

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September 27, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
September 27, 2023
What It’s Nice to Know About a Government Shutdown

A seemingly simple phrase, the government shutdown creates a complicated ripple from government agencies to countless individuals.

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March 14, 2023
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
March 14, 2023
Argentina’s Preference For Crypto

With its gargantuian monetary and fiscal problems leading to hyperinflation and defaults, Argentina's preference for crypto has been growing.

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July 13, 2022
economic news roundup and contracts
July 13, 2022
A Closer Look at the World’s Top and Bottom Laissez-Faire Countries

Looking closely at the Index of Economic Freedom, we can see where property rights help to boost market activity.

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